diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.c b/src/app-layer-parser.c
index e60211bf2f..9d7dae1cf8 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.c
@@ -502,14 +502,15 @@ uint64_t AppLayerParserGetTransactionLogId(AppLayerParserState *pstate)
 {
     SCEnter();
 
-    SCReturnCT(pstate->log_id, "uint64_t");
+    SCReturnCT((pstate == NULL) ? 0 : pstate->log_id, "uint64_t");
 }
 
 void AppLayerParserSetTransactionLogId(AppLayerParserState *pstate)
 {
     SCEnter();
 
-    pstate->log_id++;
+    if (pstate != NULL)
+        pstate->log_id++;
 
     SCReturn;
 }
@@ -518,6 +519,9 @@ uint64_t AppLayerParserGetTransactionInspectId(AppLayerParserState *pstate, uint
 {
     SCEnter();
 
+    if (pstate == NULL)
+        SCReturnCT(0ULL, "uint64_t");
+
     SCReturnCT(pstate->inspect_id[direction & STREAM_TOSERVER ? 0 : 1], "uint64_t");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-state.c b/src/detect-engine-state.c
index 702f6b2c3d..74c8ee4e94 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-state.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-state.c
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ void DetectEngineStateFree(DetectEngineState *state)
     return;
 }
 
+/**
+ *  \retval 0 no inspectable state
+ *  \retval 1 inspectable state
+ *  \retval 2 inspectable state, but no update
+ */
 int DeStateFlowHasInspectableState(Flow *f, AppProto alproto, uint16_t alversion, uint8_t flags)
 {
     int r = 0;
@@ -220,10 +225,12 @@ int DeStateFlowHasInspectableState(Flow *f, AppProto alproto, uint16_t alversion
     if (f->de_state == NULL || f->de_state->dir_state[flags & STREAM_TOSERVER ? 0 : 1].cnt == 0) {
         if (AppLayerParserProtocolSupportsTxs(f->proto, alproto)) {
             FLOWLOCK_RDLOCK(f);
-            if (AppLayerParserGetTransactionInspectId(f->alparser, flags) >= AppLayerParserGetTxCnt(f->proto, alproto, f->alstate))
-                r = 2;
-            else
-                r = 0;
+            if (f->alparser != NULL && f->alstate != NULL) {
+                if (AppLayerParserGetTransactionInspectId(f->alparser, flags) >=
+                    AppLayerParserGetTxCnt(f->proto, alproto, f->alstate)) {
+                    r = 2;
+                }
+            }
             FLOWLOCK_UNLOCK(f);
         }
     } else if (!(flags & STREAM_EOF) &&